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M’s play none today

Most interesting pitching matchup today might be Johan Santana vs John Danks. There’s also the ex-Philly reunion of Schilling and Padilla… man, I wanted my two M’s games today.

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85 Responses to “M’s play none today”

pablothegreat on
April 8th, 2007 7:27 pm

…walks the second hitter.

_David_ on
April 8th, 2007 7:28 pm

this is fun

pablothegreat on
April 8th, 2007 7:29 pm

…third hitter bunts for a base hit. Bases loaded, no outs.

Thom Jimsen on
April 8th, 2007 7:29 pm

Pineiro yanked after loading the bases without an out. I get the feeling that will happen a lot this year.

Boss! Boss! LaHair! LaHair! on
April 8th, 2007 7:30 pm

48… not Joel, at this rate!

pablothegreat on
April 8th, 2007 7:30 pm

…Joel gets yanked. He is responsible for three runners. Hopefully they all score.

_David_ on
April 8th, 2007 7:31 pm

Watch Papelbon’s arm fall off.

_David_ on
April 8th, 2007 7:32 pm

nevermind I guess we’ll have to wait for that.

Boss! Boss! LaHair! LaHair! on
April 8th, 2007 7:33 pm

The Greek God of Missed Groundballs.

_David_ on
April 8th, 2007 7:35 pm

this should help Pineiro’s ERA continue it’s trend of rising one run every year since his rookie year.

Josh on
April 8th, 2007 7:36 pm

Interesting “quote” Morgan relayed from Francona about how he might consider using Papelbon in a dicey 8th and someone else to finish the 9th.

Of course using Pineiro at all should be a black mark, anyway.

_David_ on
April 8th, 2007 7:39 pm

you can’t just pay someone 4 mil and not throw them into high leverage situations.

_David_ on
April 8th, 2007 7:40 pm

Imagine if Boston hadn’t traded Cla Meredith for Doug Mirabelli…

pablothegreat on
April 8th, 2007 7:40 pm

Pineiro gives up one run while getting no outs. For those of you keeping track, that’s an ERA of infinity for today and an ERA of 7.71 this season.

_David_ on
April 8th, 2007 7:43 pm

what’s his ERA+ for today?

Thom Jimsen on
April 8th, 2007 7:44 pm

If Texas ties or takes the lead, I hope Schilling beats the snot out of Joel in the locker room. Or maybe just slaps him all around the clubhouse.

Boss! Boss! LaHair! LaHair! on
April 8th, 2007 7:46 pm

Wow, Miller pronounced Otsuka’s last name right.

Boss! Boss! LaHair! LaHair! on
April 8th, 2007 7:47 pm

If Texas ties or takes the lead, I hope Schilling beats the snot out of Joel in the locker room. Or maybe just slaps him all around the clubhouse.

What if the Sox win? Are you saying he should leave Joel alone, or exact another form of punishment entirely (water torture, the rack, Babylon 5 reruns, etc.)?

Thom Jimsen on
April 8th, 2007 7:58 pm

Lock him in a dark closet with Sanjaya Malakar.

Boss! Boss! LaHair! LaHair! on
April 8th, 2007 8:04 pm

Lock him in a dark closet with Sanjaya Malakar.

Dibs on his sister.

msb on
April 8th, 2007 8:05 pm

Gammons is a lich.

huh?

back long ago when the snows first came (friday?) there was an ESPN radio discussion about rigging the schedule to favor domes and warm climates at the start of the year, and when asked if the northern cities would object to losing the home games at the start of the year, the commentator opined they’d rather get the game actually played …

I worried a lot when the Red Sox signed Allard Baird to be a scout for them, and I worried more when they signed Pineiro on Baird’s say-so. Hopefully Epstein will take this is a lesson that Baird was not an innocent victim of circumstance in KC.

Papelbon gets +0.537 WPA for his work in cleaning up Pineiro’s mess and then going on to beat up the Rangers in the 9th. I hear the kid’s pretty good.

pablothegreat on
April 8th, 2007 9:04 pm

70: I may not be recalling this correctly, but I believe that a lich is a ghost.

msb on
April 8th, 2007 9:39 pm

#74– a ha. not a typo then.

“Lich – in modern fantasy fiction, a lich (sometimes spelled liche, and pronounced ‘litch’) is a type of undead creature… Warcraft III – Lich is the least used Undead Hero, partly because it is difficult for beginners to use him properly.”

Typical Idiot Fan on
April 8th, 2007 11:35 pm

Finished reading The Cheater’s Guide on the way home today. Good stuff DMZ. Coincidence or not that after I get the book we get K-Rod doctoring balls and Hargrove delaying the game to scratch a loss off the books?

Also, 76… maybe K-Rod and Grover read the book when it came out and got some ideas ;P

drm1125 on
April 9th, 2007 12:11 am

DMZ-
Just wanted to say that I saw your book at Barnes and Noble in Reno(I also bought it while I was there), it was displayed on a main table with other baseball books. I’m impressed, you’ve hit the big time!:)

LB on
April 9th, 2007 12:31 am

Wow, Miller pronounced Otsukaâ€™s last name right.

Next hurdle: pronouncing Okajima right.

Papelbon gets +0.537 WPA for his work in cleaning up Pineiroâ€™s mess and then going on to beat up the Rangers in the 9th. I hear the kidâ€™s pretty good.

You know, I’ve heard every organization has a kid like Papelbon. There’s really nothing special about him.

NBarnes on
April 9th, 2007 3:38 am

Liches in modern parlance are almost always corporal undead.

But by their nature, liches are highly intelligent and have a highly developed ability to manipulate necromantic (and sometimes other forms of) magic. There’s really no such thing as a ‘typical’ lich; they are all individuals with their own quirks. So I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that there are non-corporal liches running… ok, floating around somewhere.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think that Peter Gammons is a lich. Roger Clemens might be, though.

terry on
April 9th, 2007 5:01 am

Just in case anyone is interested, I saw R. Soriano’s velocity didn’t seem to be an issue on Saturday… he gassed as high as 98 mph while throwing easy at 94-95 mph. His off speed stuff was around 80 mph… It was cold and he mercilessly pounded his heat inside to guys most of whom looked like they wanted no part of it.

I kinda miss him…

Tuomas on
April 9th, 2007 7:55 am

Clemens can’t be a lich; if anything, he’s a vampire. He exists by sucking the life out of other pitchers. He might also be a mummy, as he apparently covers almost his entire body with bandaging.

John D. on
April 9th, 2007 12:05 pm

Hargrove delaying the game to avert a loss (See # 76)

Regardless of the motivation, it was quite dangerous out there, and that game should never have been started.
Things have come to a pretty pass when “getting in the game” takes precedence over the players’ safety.